Saudi Arabia and Japan to collaborate on training Saudi students in Manga comics Saudi Minister of Culture discusses cultural collaboration during Tokyo visit    Saudi defense minister meets with Swedish state secretary    Navigating healthcare's future: Solutions for a sustainable system    Sixth foreign tourist dies of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos    Hungary's Orbán vows to ignore war crimes arrest warrant for Netanyahu    Russia gives North Korea million barrels of oil, breaking sanctions: report    Al Khaleej qualifies for Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship final    Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer wins right to use name in Australia    Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws    9 erring body care centers shut in Riyadh    Al-Jasser: Saudi Arabia to expand rail network to over 8,000 km    OMODA&JAECOO: Unstoppable global cumulative sales over 360,000 units    Saudi Arabia sees 73.7% rise in investment licenses in Q3 2024    Al Hilal doesn't need extra support to bring new players, CEO says    20,000 military emblems confiscated in Riyadh    Rafael Nadal: Farewell to the 'King of Clay'    Indonesia shocks Saudi Arabia with 2-0 victory in AFC Asian Qualifiers    Sitting too much linked to heart disease –– even if you work out    GASTAT report: 45.1% of Saudis are overweight    Denmark's Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



Stop violence against Muslim minorities: OIC
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 15 - 04 - 2013


Laura Bashraheel
Saudi Gazette


JEDDAH — Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Sunday warned against widening of the circle of violence against Muslims in Myanmar to neighboring areas, in reference to the outbreak of violence committed by Buddhist extremists against Muslims in Sri Lanka.
In his speech at the emergency OIC Contact Group meeting on Rohingya Muslim minority, Ihsanoglu reiterated that the violence against Muslims in Myanmar was unacceptable and should not continue. “Such violence is a clear indication of the government's negative approach in dealing with ethnic and religious tensions that erupted last summer,” he said.
Ihsanoglu called on member states of the Contact Group to take action through communication with the international community to implement recommendations of the OIC Islamic Summit held in Makkah. He also suggested requesting OIC member states which are members in the Contact Group and which have diplomatic missions in Myanmar to use their good offices to put this issue forward, expressing readiness of the OIC to continue coordination and render necessary support to improve the conditions of Muslims in Myanmar until they regain all their legitimate rights.
“Despite our attempts to establish communication with the authorities in Myanmar by selecting a prominent figure from a neighboring country to visit Myanmar and open discussions with officials, the government was not responsive,” Ihsanogle said.
He told Saudi Gazette that the OIC will ask the United Nations Human Rights Council to send fact-finding mission to investigate all human rights violations in Myanmar.
Wakar Uddin, Director-General of Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU), the voice of Rohingya for political and human rights in Myanmar, said that they are hoping to draw the attention of Muslim countries and OIC members to the worsening situation in Myanmar and Arakan state.
“This is no longer a Rohingya issue, it's becoming an Islamic issue because the radical elements in Myanmar are trying to eliminate Islam from the country,” he said.
According to Uddin, among all the refugees around the world, Saudi Arabia is the only country giving residency to over 500,000 Burmese refugees.
Malaysia is also trying to give the Rohingyas a better status as also Pakistan, which has more than 400, 000 refugees. “We have some challenges in Banagladesh and we are working with Indonesia. In Thailand some of them are in the camps but we are trying to work it through,” he added. “The most important thing we are trying to reach is basically end the violence.
Myanmar government is very clever in maneuvering. So every time pressure is put on them, they try to say positive things and ease the pressure and things go back to being violent,” Uddin said.
According to reports from the UN, Human Rights Watch and underground Rohingyas, the recent violence which erupted on the March 20 has resulted in the burning of 37 mosques, 77 shops, 1474 houses.
Last year at least 180 people were killed in the western state of Rakhine in clashes between local Buddhists and Rohingya – a Muslim minority treated with hostility by most Burmese who see them as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
In March, at least 43 people died in Buddhist-Muslim clashes which broke in central Myanmar.


Clic here to read the story from its source.